Category Archives: Politics

In a packed courtroom on Aug. 30 at the Juanita Kidd Stout Criminal Justice Center before Judge Leon Tucker, Mr. Abu Jamal’s attorney Judith Ritter successfully argued that a May 5, 1988, letter from the office of then-District Attorney Ron Castille to a state representative discussing death penalty cases was important. Later, as a state Supreme Court justice, Mr. Castille was personally involved in the case.

He refused to disqualify himself when Mr. Jamal’s case came before the high court despite having been the Philadelphia district attorney during prior appeals. The United States Supreme Court ruled such conduct was unconstitutional.

Judge Tucker extended the period of discovery to allow the search for more evidence that may link Justice Castille to the new document. The new court date for arguments is scheduled for Oct. 29

We are struggling with how best to marshal our revolutionary forces – how best to raise the political temperature of cadre and oppressed people alike – in a society as fascist as Mussolini’s Italy was. Organizations, groups and collectives are rightfully confused because they have an incorrect political understanding of the nature of the class forces arrayed against the people, and this incorrect political knowledge leads to incorrect political analysis.

So, have the courage to read Comrade Katsiaficas’s “1968” book. You will discover how to develop the living soul of activism. “1968” is a seminal study in revolutionary activity. Period.

It will not make you get off the couch. It will not force you to be other than who you are, but what it will do is give you a start on how to internationalize our movement and politics.

Maximo Purisima Young, 97, displays photographs from his military service. He helped transport supplies and troops in World War II, then fought as a guerilla alongside American soldiers. DORIAN MERINA / AMERICAN HOMEFRONT

During World War II, more than a quarter million Filipinos fought alongside American soldiers. Many are still awaiting the recognition promised to them.

The Manila American Cemetery holds the largest number of World War II veteran graves outside the US — more than 17,000. It’s also home to a memorial to those lost or missing in action in the war which includes over 3,700 Filipinos.

CREDIT DORIAN MERINA / AMERICAN HOMEFRONT

Roosevelt signed a presidential order in 1941 bringing all military forces in the Philippines under U.S. control. But after the war, in 1946, the U.S. Congress passed legislation that stripped recognition from Filipino soldiers. It was called the Rescission Act, and it explicitly barred “rights, privileges, or benefits” from most Filipinos who fought. That same year, the Philippines became an independent nation.

The Congressional Black Caucus was even more eager to assist the US posture of global war than Democrats as a whole, a pattern Glen Ford has called out repeatedly in recent years. CBC members voted 34 to 8 in favor of the permanent war budget, which includes Trump’s military parade, a new Space Force, and scores of drone bases in Africa that put almost the entire continent under US cameras and guns. Noted progressive Keith Ellison of Minnesota, the only Muslim in Congress, abstained. The CBC members who found the spine to cast votes against the war budget were Bonnie Watson-Coleman, Barbara Lee, John Lewis (who does have a US Navy oiler named after him), Hakim Jeffries, Yvette Clarke, Karne Bass, Bobby Rush, and Hank Johnson.

This map shows President’s Trump victory was not a fluke event. Most of the country is ‘red’. This means most of the country believes in the republican message. This map is extremely red. Democrats’ saving grace is most of the major population centers are ‘blue’. But it’s easy to see how Trump won the electoral college. The more I look at this map the more astounding it is.

We sat down with Paul Perez, who is running to become the mayor Trenton, NJ. The highlight of this interview is Mr. Perez’s promise to bring a World Class city government matrix to the City. World Class means the best of the best. It means systems and education and bridging gaps wherever you find them. It means providing the best service to its customers, in this case the citizens of Trenton. Considering becoming World Class is also the goal of The Nubian News we are very pumped knowing our City may be on the same track as we are.

Mr. Chester has answered two out of the three calls TNN has made on him to respond to our questions. TNN works for the Trenton community. We gather information to give to the community. It is likely those who answer our call, will answer your call. It is also likely those who support TNN with their money will also ensure the community is made prosperous.

Police Director Ernest J Parrey has characterized his remark calling some of the people of Trenton, “Hood Rats” as an unfortunate use of the term.

We think he got it wrong. Our take on the remark is it was demeaning and insidious not unfortunate.

We think it is very indicative of his service to the people of Trenton. He may say it has nothing to do with race but we don’t believe him. We are jaded by years of racial references and overt bigotry and we simply do not trust him at his word or words.

He says this thing then he says it’s not this thing. He expects us to believe him even though he speaks from both sides of his mouth. Years ago we would have given him the benefit of the doubt, now we believe it’s he who must understand, his words can never be undone.

Therefore we call on Mayor Jackson to replace the Police Director with someone who has never called the group of people he is there to protect and defend out of their name.

There is too much going on in the country for us to have to worry about where this man is coming from.

Police are killing Black people. They are not held accountable for their crimes, and in seems as though Black lives don’t matter because they are Black lives.

Having a Police Director who might or might not judge people by the color of their skin instead of the worth of their being is a question mark we don’t need at this time.

The situation, the uncertainty, needs to be cleared up.

Stand up for those who put you in office Mayor Jackson. Your appointee can fend for himself.

OF COURSE a black person can’t legally “defend himself” against a white man. Every brother in here knows that black people can’t legally use force against a white person, no matter how threatening and dangerous that white person may be. Every black person I know knows that if they have to defend themselves against any white person out there, they’d best be willing to catch a homicide/attempted homicide charge. We don’t get to “stand your ground.” We don’t get to have “self-defense.” We get to run, or die. If we fight back, we get the full weight of the legal system crashing down on our heads.

People talk about Trenton street violence, that ain’t nothing compared to the violence of police shooting a man down in the street for nothing and the entire weight of the ‘justice, legal system’ standing in support of him. This systemic violence against people of color worldwide is the fight of The Nubian News. We must replace the system of white supremacy/racism with a system of justice.

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Loving the Black Perspective

My heart is so sad. I’m filled with disgust and some anger. Since I was a child I’ve asked myself “How can people be so cruel?” At one point I decided white people couldn’t be human. No other human acts so heinous.

Not one white person in this crowd would want to be treated the way Black people are treated in this country. They know how badly we are treated, they know and are all participants in that racist treatment. It ain’t ignorance we are fighting against, ‘they know”. Now we must come together and force them to stop. We will not accept it any longer.